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Setting Intentions For The Day & Low Sugar Morning Challenge

November 6, 2017 by Lindsay Ingalls Leave a Comment


Life has been hit with a state of chaos. The change of the seasons, new rhythms for the day and of course the weekly changes that come with a new baby. This month I am focusing on setting mindful and healthy intentions each and everyday to help calm the chaos. Setting small intentions each morning can translate into a calmer, more positive day.

This week instead of heading to the kitchen and opening the fridge and cupboards 10x trying to figure out what I’ll have for breakfast and end up gulping two mugs of coffee and eating the crusts of my kids toast I am making my life easier and starting my day with a Splendid Spoon smoothie.

For the next five days I will be enjoying a Splendid Spoon smoothie that I can easily grab from the fridge and sip without having to do any of the work. Instead of chaos I am being intentional with my choice to have a breakfast that is low in sugar, filled with fiber and rich in protein and healthy fats. 

What do I hope to get out of this challenge?

  • Steadier Blood Sugar Levels. Have you ever been around me when my blood sugar plummets? You have a cranky mama on your hands. 
  • More Energy! Being a mama to two small children and a baby is exhausting (especially when the baby doesn’t want to sleep) so I can use all the energy these days. 
  • A More Intentional Day. Did you know just by starting your day off with positive intentions you are setting the stage for your entire day. So positive, intentional morning means that you are more likely to make healthy, positive decisions throughout your day. 

If you’d like to join me in 5 Low Sugar Mornings leave me a comment below! I’d love to hear about your experience and why you want to challenge yourself! 

You can follow my entire journey over on my Insta-Stories and I’ll be sharing my full challenge experience on the blog next week. 

Save $20 off your first Splendid Spoon Plan. 

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Posted in: Health Counseling, Healthy Challenge, Healthy Living Tagged: Breakfast, challenge, healthy living, intentions, smoothies, splendid spoon

Seasonal Produce | Winter | Potato

February 5, 2016 by Lindsay Ingalls 2 Comments

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Winter is here at least for a few more weeks and while Winter produce isn’t quiet as diverse or exciting as Summer there are still some really great items. The Winter brings us huge varieties of citrus from giant Sumo Mandarins to teeny tiny kumquats; all with their own unique flavor and all super uplifting and refreshing. Other fruit options include kiwi and pomegranates and some varieties of apples.

Winter vegetables are often a bit heavier and grounding and include cauliflower, broccoli, Winter squashes, root vegetables and potatoes. Maybe it’s growing up in North East where Winter seems never ending but these are some of my favorite foods. The thing is they can often become a bit boring and so I’m always looking for ways to make them a bit more exciting with new flavors and sauces. 

2016.01.31.WholeFoodsPotatoes.02I was recently reminded of an amazing and simple seasoning for fries just a bit of thyme and super high quality sea salt. My friend Char of Nutritiously Fit shared this idea on her snapchat (follow us on snapchat: @charmcghie and @lindsayingalls) and it brought me back to a trip Neil and I took to Toronto ages ago. During that trip we visited Fresh on Bloor and they had the best fries and they too season theirs with fresh thyme and sea salt. Going a bit further I also decided to attempt to recreate my own version of their green poutine. While my version is a bit different than what you would get at the restaurant it is equally delicious. 

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Sea Salt & Thyme Fries

  • 4 Yukon Gold Potatoes or your favorite variety of Sweet Potatoes, cut into fries
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves 
  • A sprinkle of Maldon Sea Salt Flakes or your favorite high quality sea salt

Preheat oven to 400F. Toss potatoes with olive oil and spread on to a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until browned and crispy. Sprinkle the hot fries with the thyme and sea salt and enjoy! Or head down to the next recipe: Green Poutine. 

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Green Poutine made with Thyme & Sea Salt Fries

Carrot Gravy:

  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 carrots, peeled and diced
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 2 Tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 Tablespoons Coconut Aminos 
  • 2 Tablespoons Arrowroot 
  • 1 Tablespoon Tomato Paste
  • 2 cups vegetable broth
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Heat the olive oil in a pot over medium-high heat.  Add the carrots and onion and sautee until soft. Add in the garlic cloves and cook for one minute. Add everything to a blender and process until smooth. Return to the pot and heat over medium until it thickens; make sure to stir often to prevent sticking and/or burning.

Cashew Cheese:

  • 1 cup cashews, soaked for at least 2 hours
  • 1/3-1/2 cup water
  • 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1/2 tablespoon sweet white miso
  • salt and pepper, to taste

Place everything in a blender and process until smooth.

Greens:

  • 1 cup shredded Kale
  • 1 cup shredded Swiss Chard
  • 1-2 handfuls Baby Spinach

In a medium saute pan add the greens with a bit of water and cook until wilted. 

Assemble:

Base of Fries.
Next Greens.
Next Cashew Cheese.
Next Carrot Gravy.
Finish (optional) with green onions, chives, chili flakes and/or toasted sunflower seeds.

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After making these I have wanted to eat these every day. Seriously so delicious! For the sweets I used Japanese Sweet Potato and Garnet Sweet Potatoes and both were really fantastic but I personally enjoy the dryer and sweet but without being too sweet. 

What are you favorite types of potatoes? How do you like to enjoy them? 

I would like to thank Whole Foods Tanasbourne for providing the ingredients to make these delicious recipes. Join them this month to celebrate their eight year anniversary- check back for more details as to dates and times. 

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Posted in: Food, Portland, Recipes Tagged: fresh, fresh on bloor, fries, healthy eating, healthy living, potatoes, poutine, seasonal produce, whole foods

12-Weeks to a Happier and Healthier Life | Weeks 1 & 2

September 14, 2015 by Lindsay Ingalls 12 Comments

I really don’t want to start this post with a bunch of excuses so I’ll just say the first two weeks were not as successful as I had hoped. I am the only one that can be held responsible for this and while I’d like to add a but into this intro I’m going to leave it at that.

Goals in Review:

  1. (Dietary Goal) Drink half my weight in water everyday. Well I can’t say I did this everyday but I did a good 9 out of 14 days. 
  2. (Physical Goal) Go for a walk everyday – rain or shine. I didn’t go for a walk everyday but I did 10 out of 14 days and I also have reincorporated barre3 online workouts into my routine (I completed 3 last week). 
  3. (Mental Goal) Spend 15 minutes per day reading a book. This one was a big fail. I didn’t read anything except blogs and children’s books. 

Goals for Weeks 3 & 4:

  1. (Dietary Goal) Diligently follow my 28 week transformation program.  I signed up for a 28 day program with fellow health coach Brittany Mullins and there is a meal plan that I haven’t been following so closely. After talking with my husband he reminded me that when I decided to sign up for the program I told him and myself that I was going to trust the program and take it on 100%. Well I have only followed the plan about 50% so I am re-committing myself to the program and following it completely. 
  2. (Physical Goal) Do 10+ minutes of barre3 online each day. I love barre3 and I really need to focus back on myself and my body. I love the energy barre3 gives me and how strong and sweaty I feel after a workout. 
  3. (Mental Goal) Spend 15 minutes per day reading a book. Since I didn’t complete this goal I am putting it back on the list because sometimes we just need a do-over. 

Review of the past two weeks:

While I was way more active the past two weeks than I have been in months my diet was not on point. I ended up eating a lot of salads and veggie packed meals but I also had beers, fries, veggie burger, movie theater popcorn, onion rings, a pastry (or 2) and coconut ice cream. While I am not abstaining from having any of those items my goal is to focus on eating healthier options and leaving those for more of an occasional treat/meal. What it comes down to is that I chose the food over my health goals and didn’t practice self-control or really think about what I was eating. When I looked at the progress photos of myself and didn’t see any but rather found myself looking more bloated it was a real wake-up call that if I don’t make good food choices that I am not going to see any real changes. So here is to a new week, new goals and to coming back here in two weeks with a more successful check-in. 

How are you doing with your goals? 

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Posted in: Goals, Healthy Challenge, Healthy Living Tagged: fitness, goals, healthy eating, healthy living, mental health, transformation, weight loss

Let’s Get Started | 12-Weeks to a Happier and Healthier Life

August 31, 2015 by Lindsay Ingalls 1 Comment

Hello! This post is getting up a lot later than I had planned but we moved last Thursday and life has been a bit chaotic. Today marks the start of my 12 week journey to a healthier and happier life. I’m happy to report that day one was a great start and I am looking forward to the next 12 weeks. Before we get into the goals and some news I have to share I will first show you my day 1 photos.

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Okay so most of these are pretty cringe worthy to me but this is me showing you reality. A reality that I am not happy with but I am striving to make healthy changes to get myself back on track. To help me get back on track I am working with health coach and blogger Brittany Mullins aka Eating Bird Food. Fun fact she is also an IIN grad. 

But wait aren’t you a health coach? Yes I am a health coach who after two children finding myself in need of a little help and guidance. Yes, health coaches sometimes need a coach of their own. I mean practice what you preach, am I right? 

Anyways I signed up for Brittany’s 28 Day Challenge program and I am so excited to see what sort of transformation takes place over the next 28 days. Side note (disclaimer) I am not sponsored to talk about Brittany’s program and I paid for it myself. The program has a meal guide and sample plan, a workout plan, lots of information and tips on how to live a healthy life, a Facebook support group and weekly e-mail support from Brittany.

In addition to the 28 Day Challenge and the guide/goals it sets out I also  have three of my own goals for the next two weeks. 

  1. (Dietary Goal) Drink half my weight in water everyday. I used to be so good at drinking water and then I don’t know what happened but my goal is to get back at it. Drinking water makes me feel more awake, more alive, more energetic and just happier. 
  2. (Physical Goal) Go for a walk everyday – rain or shine. We just moved back into our favorite Portland neighborhood and it is the perfect spot to get out and go for a walk. I want to move my body more everyday and I also want to take the time to go for a walk with my littles so that we can talk, explore and spend quality time together. 
  3. (Mental Goal) Spend 15 minutes per day reading a book. I read lots of books to my littles and blogs but I really don’t spend a lot of time reading for pleasure. I have a ‘to read’ list a mile long so now is the time to take a break from TV, the computer, social media and just take a few minutes for myself with a good book. 

So that’s it for this week’s post. I’ll be back with progress photos and to tell you how things are going in two weeks. Until then you can follow me on social media where I’ll be giving lots of updates! 

What are your three goals for the next two weeks?

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Posted in: Fitness, Goals, Health Counseling, Healthy Challenge, Healthy Living Tagged: fitness, goals, healthy eating, healthy living, mental health, transformation, weight loss

12-Weeks to a Happier and Healthier Life

August 24, 2015 by Lindsay Ingalls 6 Comments
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Spring 2015

Let’s get real here for a moment. My workouts have been frankly non-existent for the past 8-weeks. My diet has been less than ideal. My weight is still 40+ pounds higher than my pre-pregnancy weight with Edith. My energy has been low. My mental state has been foggy, impatient and less than happy.

It’s time for a change. A real change.

This week we are moving to a new house in one of our favorite neighborhoods. Life is slowing down and it’s time for me to recommit to myself and my health so I can feel more balanced, more energetic and frankly a happier, calmer and more positive person.

You might be reading this and thinking here we go Lindsay and her challenges, goals, etc that don’t end up going anywhere. Yes I know I am an over committer and I haven’t completed a number of challenges lately and….well look where it’s got me, eh? That’s why this isn’t a challenge it’s simple an accountability check-in.

For the next 12-weeks and possibly longer I plan to do bi-weekly accountability check-in posts to keep me in check and to share my journey back to being a fit, healthy and happier person. Every two weeks I will share a photo of myself, weight +/-, three goals, a check in regarding the previous weeks three goals and a summary of how things are going, changes I am experiencing and ups and downs.

This all being said I’d love for your to join me on this journey to a happier, healthier life. Join me starting August 31st as I do my first check-in. I’ll share where I am starting at and I will also share three goals one dietary, one physical and one mental. You can share your own check-in in the comments, on your own blog or your social media. If there is enough interest generated we could also create a Facebook check-in/accountability group but we can cross that bridge when we get there.

Thank you for joining me on this journey and we’ll check-in next week for my (and your) first accountability check-in.

P.S. I’m joining prAna and Sweat Pink for a super fun, #7daystretch #liveinprana challenge – it starts today (Monday, August 24th) and ends at the end of the week (Sunday, August 30th). Join in on the fun – answering daily prompts (see below) – or if you’d prefer to lurk, you can follow along on FitApproach or through the hashtags: #liveinprana #7daystretch #sweatpink!

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Posted in: Accountability Check-in, Fitness Tagged: fitness, goals, healthy eating, healthy living, mental health, transformation, weight loss

My Fave Health & Wellness Apps

February 1, 2012 by Lindsay Ingalls 1 Comment

The iPhone has a massive list of health and wellness apps available, it is fairly overwhelming.  Some of the apps are really great and other ones are, meh, nothing to write home about but after a few years of trying out a variety of apps I have found a few that I love. Although I love Angry Birds (who doesn’t?) and Instagram, I’m not here to talk about them I want to discuss my favorite health and wellness apps, which include:

Couch to 5k (C25K)

When I first started running this was my go to app for my running workouts. I would recommend this app to anyone who is looking to start running, it is the perfect tool to help guide you to running a 5k. The Hubz and I both used this app to help us in preparing for our first 5k and I plan to use it again once this baby comes to help me get back to running.

RunKeeper Pro

Before I purchased my Garmin I used RunKeeper Pro to track my runs and walks.  It is great for tracking mileage and time.

Free Menstrual Calendar

This one is for the ladies! Once I went off BC I chose to track my menstrual cycles and possible fertile days.  I tried a few different apps at first but finally found the FMC app to be my favorite and I absolutely love this app and it was perfect for me.

21-Day Vegan Kickstart

The 21-Day Vegan Kickstart app gives you recipes and resources to improve and regain your health and includes step-by-step recipe photos (source).  Already being vegan I have not participated in the 21-Day program but I do love the app because it has really wonderful selection of healthy vegan recipes.

What are you favorite health and wellness apps? 

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Posted in: Healthy Living Tagged: daily buzz, health and wellness, healthy living, iphone apps

Workout Playlist: My Top 10 Songs

January 30, 2012 by Lindsay Ingalls 1 Comment

My workout playlist could also be called my “guilty pleasure” playlist because it features songs that I wouldn’t normally listen to if I wasn’t getting my sweat on.

Pre-Pregnancy Body (I hope to see you again one day)

When I run I don’t listen to music unless I’m on the dreadmill but when I do any other workouts I love to have music to help me through my workout.

My Top 10 Songs:

  1. “Run This Town”- Jay Z
  2. “Dynamite” – Taio Cruz
  3. “Don’t Stop The Music” – Rihanna
  4. “Til The World Ends” – Britney Spears
  5. “Take Me To The Riot” – Stars
  6. “Amazing” – Kanye West
  7. “No One” – Alicia Keys
  8. “Daylight” – Matt & Kim
  9. “White Crosses” – Against Me
  10. “Feelin Fine” – Classified

 

What is on your workout playlist?

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Posted in: Fitness, Healthy Living Tagged: daily buzz, healthy living, workout
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